The “Search” mode is activated simply be turning the unit on.

Search in a methodical manner sweeping in a tight semicircle. Pay close attention to where you’re going and where you’ve been. PINPOINTING ZERO MOTION PINPOINT MODE The pinpoint mode requires no tuning, no motion, detects all metals and in normal soil it’s even more sensitive than the search mode.If you walk too fast you can’t overlap your sweeps and you’ll miss a lot of ground. PINPOINTING PINPOINTING IN MOTION SEARCH MODE Pinpointing in the search mode will take a little practice but you may ﬁnd that for most targets, it’s even quicker than the Zero Motion Pinpointing Mode.Once the presence of a buried target is identiﬁed by the “beep beep”. TARGET RECOVERY Once you have pinpointed a target, your objective is to recover it quickly and neatly, leaving no trace of your excavation.Simply use the same procedure as in steps 2 through 5 above. There are almost as many ways to do this as there are Treasure Hunters. Whatever works for you is good enough as long as you don’t break any laws, damage vegetation, or leave your search area looking like a World War II battleﬁeld. A heavy duty, blunt screwdriver is commonly used by expert Treasure Hunters. A sturdy hunting knife with a 5” blade will do the job in most soils. A high quality double-edged “survival” knife is an even better (and more expensive) choice since it will be almost impossible to bend or break. We’ve already said it but it bears repeating: TAKE YOUR TIME AND OVERLAP YOUR SWEEPS. You won’t miss faint targets, you won’t attract unwanted attention and you won’t bother others. FALSE SIGNALS A “false signal” occurs when something that shouldn’t, sounds like a good target.There’s nothing sacred about the methods described in this manual. Your 1225-X does an excellent job of ignoring junk but it’s so sensitive to good targets that it can be fooled by bad targets with similar electrical characteristics. FALSE SIGNALS between the beeps, or if you sweep at right angles to your original direction, you’ll receive a single beep directly over the target (except for the very shallow coin).Large pieces of trash for example, or even some kind of bottle caps and pull tabs. One way to tell the difference between a coin and a nail is to set your discrimination at about 5.

Fisher 1265x metal detector manual